Don’t forget to practice your Magic 100 Words EVERYDAY. (One minute challenge-write each word for minute. How many times did you write each word? Which one did you write the most times in a minute? Which one did you write the least times in a minute?)

Use the Story map template provided last Wednesday to create a story map of ‘What the Ladybird Heard’.

Click on the photo below to see the success criteria to make sure you include everything in your story map.

Perhaps some of the examples provide will help you remember what a story map looks like. Click on them to remind yourself of what they can look like.

When your story map is complete, use it to help you tell the story in the correct sequence.

Story maps need;

Story map example #1

Story map example #2

Mathematics

Measuring: Collect a shoe from everyone in your house. Order these from smallest to longest. If you can, take a photo and send it to your teacher.

Inquiry

See writing above.

Wellbeing

Ask the adult at home that has been helping you with your work, how you can help them today.

Art

Hi Students,

For Art this week, please check out the link for a drawing competition that is being held in Hong Kong as part of the Young Readers Festival. It would be great to have as many entries as possible for Discovery College.

The theme is “My Hong Kong” and you can paint, draw, colour, or sketch what you love about Hong Kong.

Drawings and application forms need to be submitted by Friday 23rd February.

I have attached the application form for you to print and send in with your drawing.

I would love to see your entries – please take a photo and email them to me. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to email me also.

Kind regards,

Ms Saunders

Drama

Topic: Character Building using Mask ­

Task 1

You are to make a mask of your choice using simple materials found at home such as paper plates, egg cartons, cereal boxes etc.

Masks can be of animals, people or inanimate objects.

Examples of easy to make masks are below. You are welcome to copy these but feel free to use them as ideas to create your own.

Feel free to colour and decorate your mask any way you wish.

Masks can be worn using elastic or ribbon to attach to your head or on a stick to hold up to your face. You are welcome to use your own methods of attaching the mask.

Task 2

Once you have finished your mask you must begin to develop a character in order to make the mask come to life.

What is it’s name?

What kind of voice does it have? How does it speak?

What type of personality does it have eg. Happy, sad, angry, friendly etc.?

How does the character stand, walk, and behave?

Make a list of these characteristics on an A5 sheet of paper so that you can stick them into your Drama books when you return to school.

Bring your mask to your next Drama class.

Chinese

All Chinese home learning can be found on Ding! under the Chinese subject tab, then Year level and then by clicking the Chinese class teacher individual page. Please go to this page to see the learning expectations, as per normal Chinese homework.

Retell orally (no need to write) the story to an adult using the following structure:

First, … How does the story start? State who the characters are and what the setting is

Then, … What happens? State what is the problem

Next, … State what is the problem

Finally/Lastly, … State how the story finishes

Wellbeing

Choose a book at home and choose a character. Decide if the character is in the Blue, Green, Yellow or Red Zone. Draw a picture of the character into your blue workbook (sent home on Wednesday) and label how you know they are in that zone.

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Dear Year 1 Parents

In light of the announced closure of schools until the end of the Chinese New Year Holiday, we will be setting appropriate work for the Year 1 students to complete over the coming days. Your child’s learning will be communicated through this blog over the next week. Please see a brief overview below and detailed tasks for today and Friday. Next week, please check this blog daily for the tasks your child can complete as part of their home learning.

The tasks we set are ones that can be meaningfully carried out in the home environment and will include Mathematics, Language, Unit of Inquiry along with work from some specialist teachers.

These Home Learning activities are intended to maintain your child’s learning during this unexpected break. We will be in work as normal should you need to email us for any additional information.

Overview Monday – Thursday next week

Reading – Focus on retelling your home fluency book using the Story Trains

Writing – Opportunity to support Magic 100 Word practice and Unit of Inquiry learning about the elements of stories (characters, settings, problems and solutions)

Don’t forget to practice your Magic 100 Words EVERYDAY. (practice them out of order too!)

Writing

Write your Magic 100 words that you are learning onto cards (you can cut squares from a piece of paper). If you write them two times, you can play memory match!

Mathematics

100s Chart puzzle piece worksheet:

Complete one half of the Maths worksheet sent home on Wednesday. Try to remember to use the patterns on the 100s chart:

What do you know about the numbers in ‘Ones’ place (the end number) in the columns?

What do you know about the numbers in ‘Tens’ place (the first number) in the columns?

How many more are each number on the row below?

How many less are each number on the row above?

Use the 100s Chart provided if you find it a little tricky.

Save the other worksheet for Monday.

Please stick this sheet inside the blue workbook sent home on Wednesday.

Inquiry

Using a book you have read in class or a favourite story from home write about the problem and solution.

Write this in your blue workbook. Perhaps you can use the following sentence starters to help you:

Title:

The problem in the story was …

The solution in the story was …

Wellbeing

Write a positive post/ letter to someone at home starting with ‘Thank you for….’

Year 1 PE

In our current unit on Invasion Games, we have been focusing on Netball.

At home please try and do the following things:

Using a suitable ball, find an appropriate outdoor space to practise doing chest passes and catches. (You can do this with a partner or against a wall. Watch the following YouTube clip to remind you of how to throw and catch correctly).

2.) Keep yourself fit. Try to do 10 minutes of fitness each day. Do 30 seconds of one exercise and then rest for 30 seconds. Think of all the types of exercise you can include. For example, Start Jumps, Planks, Shuttle Runs, Step Ups, and Jogging on the spot.

Year 1 Music

In our current unit on Stories we have been focusing on the role of music and sound in creating stories.

At home please try and do the following:

Practice singing Because I love You with me Mr McLeay. Once returning from the Chinese New Year break we will begin to work on acting out the song. Please find the lyrics and the video attached below.

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In this edition of the blog you will find new information under Updates, English and Flourishing Learners.

Routines in Year 1

After 9 weeks of school, the children have made some impressive leaps in their independence and ability to follow routines at school. We aim for children at school to be independent in all aspects of their school day. For children to be successfully independent at school requires help and support from all adults and older siblings at home.

School bags

For children to unpack, pack and organise their belongings at the start and end of the school day, they need to do this at home so they recognise how everything can fit inside their bag, especially now as the reading folder is an additional item in their bags.

Lunch and Snack

Eating times are also a key time of independence at school. Children need to be able to recognise what is to eat at snack and the same for lunch and be able to open their containers. We encourage positive interactions at lunchtime between children so there is opportunity for them to sit with friends and chat as they enjoy lunch. For this reason there is no use of the interactive whiteboards to listen to or watch. We encourage acceptable table manners such as keeping our eating area tidy, eating carefully and cleaning up our mess as best we can. Support from all adults at home for mealtimes by restricting screen time to engage in conversation, ensuring children are not fed by an adult, and allowing them to assist with cleaning up the table afterward would be greatly appreciated.

Toileting

Children at school are independent when using the bathrooms. Children are able to go from the classroom unaccompanied to the Lower Ground toilets should they need to go during class time provided they have told the teacher. There are also many opportunities during the school day where the whole class might also go to the bathroom area together, especially when children are transitioning to another class such as Specialists.

Uniforms in cooler weather

Now that the mornings are starting to cool down, children are beginning to wear long sleeves as part of their uniform. Our classrooms are kept at a comfortable temperature during the colder months and children still remain very active during PE and playtimes and the days are still very warm. A school jacket such as the PE jacket (light weight zip up jacket) is recommended to be worn to school should you feel your child needs an extra layer. As children need to be independent with taking on and off clothes, it is much easier for them to take off a jacket than to try and take off underneath layers of clothes. Please be reminded that extra layers do need to be the school uniform purchased through the PTA and not other clothing.

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Welcome to the Year 1 Blog. During the course of the year we will be using this space to share information about the exciting learning taking place in Year 1. You will find new posts under all the tabs along the top of the blog.

We will send you an email when new information has been uploaded. We hope that this blog will be a useful tool for keeping you informed about life in Year 1 and also support regular conversations with your child about what they are doing in school.

Shared Play

Your child may have come home excited about ‘Shared Play’ in Year 1. This is often the highlight of the week for many children. Shared Play occurs two afternoons a week (Monday and Thursday), and involves all Year 1 classes opening their doors and other learning areas of the school such as our shared common area and outdoor spaces for an active and engaging afternoon! All learning engagements in Shared Play are purposefully planned to ensure all aspects of play are incorporated. This includes social cooperative play, manipulative and construction, dramatic play and role playing, and creative play. Engagements are planned to strengthen current classroom learning. Children have the opportunity to interact with new and old friends from other Year 1 classes and are developing the skills they need to expand their physical, emotional, social, and cognitive abilities.